diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
index ebe55a8a..460018d6 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
@@ -58,10 +58,24 @@ public function request($type = null, $query = null, $page = 1) {
 
         $antiXss = new \voku\helper\AntiXSS();
 
+
         $this->type = $type;
-        $this->query = urlencode($antiXss->xss_clean($query));
+        
+        if (!is_null($query)) {
+            $this->query = $antiXss->xss_clean($query);
+        } else {
+            if (isset($_GET['q']) && !empty($_GET['q'])) {
+                $this->query = $antiXss->xss_clean($_GET['q']);
+            }
+        }
+
         $this->page = $page;
 
+        if (isset($_GET['page'])) {
+            $this->page = (int) $_GET['page'];
+            if ($this->page < 1) { $this->page = 1; }
+        }
+
         $jikan = new \Jikan\Jikan;
         
         if ($type == 'anime' || $type == 'manga') {
@@ -87,7 +101,7 @@ public function request($type = null, $query = null, $page = 1) {
         if (app('redis')->exists($this->hash)) {
             $this->response['request_cached'] = true;
             return response()->json(
-                $this->response + json_decode(app('redis')->get($this->hash), true)
+                $this->response + json_decode(app('redis')->get($this->hash), true), 200, [], JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE
             );
         }
 
@@ -172,7 +186,7 @@ public function request($type = null, $query = null, $page = 1) {
         }
 
         return response()->json(
-            $this->response + $jikan->response
+            $this->response + $jikan->response, 200, [], JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE // fix utf8 issues 
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/Blacklist.php b/app/Http/Middleware/Blacklist.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ed9e438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/Blacklist.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Closure;
+
+class Blacklist
+{
+
+    private $request;
+    private $blacklist = [];
+
+    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
+    {
+        $this->loadList();
+
+        if ($this->inList()) {
+            return response()->json([
+                'error' => 'This IP has been blacklisted'
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        return $next($request);
+    }
+
+    private function loadList() {
+        if (!file_exists(BLACKLIST_PATH)) {
+            file_put_contents(BLACKLIST_PATH, json_encode([]));
+        }
+
+        $this->blacklist = json_decode(file_get_contents(BLACKLIST_PATH), true);
+    }
+
+    private function inList() {
+        $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
+        return in_array($ip, $this->blacklist) ? true : false;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/Throttle.php b/app/Http/Middleware/Throttle.php
index 8cbc0719..d431b770 100755
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/Throttle.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/Throttle.php
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public function hit() {
         $this->ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
         $date = date("d-m-Y");
 
-
         if (!isset($this->sessions[$this->ip])) { // register the session
             $this->sessions[$this->ip] = [
                 $date => 0
diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
index 071ff405..7ce26eb4 100755
--- a/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     Defines
 */
 define('SESSION_STORAGE_PATH', '/var/www/api.jikan/storage/app/sessions.json'); // depreciated. Using Redis now
+define('BLACKLIST_PATH', '/var/www/api.jikan/storage/app/blacklist.json');
 define('RATE_LIMIT', 5000); // per day
 define('CACHE_EXPIRE', 3600 * 24 * 3); // 3 days
 define('CACHE_EXPIRE_SEARCH', 3600 * 6); // 6 hours
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
 //define('CACHE_EXPIRE_SEARCH', 4); // 60 seconds | dev
 
 define('REST_VERSION', '2.2');
-define('SOURCE_VERSION', '1.15.9');
+define('SOURCE_VERSION', '1.15.12');
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@
 // ]);
 
 $app->routeMiddleware([
+    'blacklist' => App\Http\Middleware\Blacklist::class,
     'meta' => App\Http\Middleware\Meta::class,
     'throttle' => App\Http\Middleware\Throttle::class
 ]);
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 22692b4a..66530ec0 100755
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -1654,12 +1654,12 @@
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/jikan-me/jikan.git",
-                "reference": "71dd593d6215c84567bf3c0e9d9178af9cb7cea7"
+                "reference": "dd5264fa12962b2964f5faf44dd6713ae6693d85"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/jikan-me/jikan/zipball/71dd593d6215c84567bf3c0e9d9178af9cb7cea7",
-                "reference": "71dd593d6215c84567bf3c0e9d9178af9cb7cea7",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/jikan-me/jikan/zipball/dd5264fa12962b2964f5faf44dd6713ae6693d85",
+                "reference": "dd5264fa12962b2964f5faf44dd6713ae6693d85",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "type": "library",
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@
                 }
             ],
             "description": "Jikan is an unofficial MyAnimeList API",
-            "time": "2018-05-13T22:11:56+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-05-25T01:01:55+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "laravel/lumen-framework",
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 1f521d22..4514ffbc 100755
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 	'uses' => 'MetaLiteController@request'
 ]);
 
-$router->group(['middleware' => ['meta', 'throttle']], function() use ($router) {
+$router->group(['middleware' => ['blacklist', 'meta', 'throttle']], function() use ($router) {
 
 	$router->get('anime[/{id:[0-9]+}[/{extend:[A-Za-z_]+}[/{extendArgs}]]]', [
 		'uses' => 'AnimeController@request'
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 		'uses' => 'CharacterController@request'
 	]);
 
-	$router->get('search[/{type}/{query}[/{page:[0-9]+}]]', [
+	$router->get('search[/{type}[/{query}[/{page:[0-9]+}]]]', [
 		'uses' => 'SearchController@request'
 	]);
 
diff --git a/storage/app/.gitignore b/storage/app/.gitignore
index d6b7ef32..3f34ef0e 100755
--- a/storage/app/.gitignore
+++ b/storage/app/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 *
 !.gitignore
+sessions.json
+blacklist.json
\ No newline at end of file